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Useful and effective data analytics begin with matching the right tools to the right tasks
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Source: Nestlé and Aveva
To make fluffier Nestlé Quik and Ovaltine, the company’s plant in Waverly, Iowa, recently partnered with Aveva, and transferred production data to its Connect, Historian and Advanced Analytics services to predict quality parameters, recommend optimal setpoints, and subsequently save 10% on powder. This graph shows the accuracy of AI calculations trained to predict product density compared to actual density found in the company’s lab.
Nestlé plant in Iowa uses Aveva’s Connect, historian and advanced analytics services to make fluffier, powdered-chocolate products
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Source: Varland Plating and Opto 22
After updating its 30-year-old control and I/O infrastructure from Opto 22 to its newer groov EPIC controllers, I/O channels and GRV-CSERI-4 serial modules, Varland Plating’s electroplating plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, developed homegrown historian software with Opto 22’s open-source-friendly REST API, visualizes and contextualizes data using Grafana’s open-source monitoring platform, and performs custom data collection with Ignition web-based SCADA software.
Varland Plating’s plant developed homegrown historian software, visualizes and contextualizes data, and performs customized data collection
Source: Ferroloy and Inductive Automation
Figure 1: Ferroloy iron foundry in Wichita, Kan., worked with system integrator Artek Integrated Solutions to build and configure a server-based MySQL database; link it with Inductive Automation’s web-based Ignition SCADA software and Tag Historian module; establish a centralized repository for maximizing data collection and analytics; and identify trends and shift reports almost in real time. Ignition also helps the foundry secure data from its Hitachi and Heraeus equipment, connect with PLCs on its Sinto molding machines, and directly access its B&L Odyssey ERP system.
Ferroloy and Artek Integrated Solutions linked their MySQL database with Ignition SCADA software to quickly identify trends and shift reports
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